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This identity design was created in adobe illustrator to represent the official unit insignia for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2025. The flying diamond insignia was first recognized during World War II as a shoulder patch. The patch was later mandated by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to represent all Marine Aircraft Wings.

2nd Marine Aircaft Wing

II Marine Expeditionary Force

Archive: March, 2025

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Robert Zaruba, from Florida, an aeromedical safety corpsman with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a portrait at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March. 28, 2025. Zaruba was named the Robert Graham Senior Enlisted Aerospace and Operational Physiology Professional of the Year for outstanding performance as an aeromedical safety corpsman. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza) - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman First Class Robert Zaruba, from Florida, an aeromedical safety corpsman with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a portrait at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March. 28, 2025. Zaruba was named the Robert Graham Senior Enlisted Aerospace and Operational Physiology Professional of the Year for outstanding performance as an aeromedical safety corpsman. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)

Demonstrating Excellence in Safety: 2nd MAW Sailor named U.S. Navy Aerospace and Operational Physiology Professional of the Year

The ice-cold breeze blew right into the face of Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Robert Zaruba, a Florida native and Aeromedical Safety Corpsman (AMSC) with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), as he and a fellow corpsman stepped out from the parked commercial plane and into the Arctic Circle.

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Cpl. Akridge was awarded the 2nd MAW commanding general's cowbell award for his outstanding performance as a datalink coordinator with Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Gavin Kulczewski) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Akridge, from Virginia, a tactical air defense controller with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, was awarded with a cowbell from Maj. Gen. William H. Swan, from Wisconsin, commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, alongside his staff at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 13, 2025. Cpl. Akridge was awarded the 2nd MAW commanding general's cowbell award for his outstanding performance as a datalink coordinator with Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Gavin Kulczewski)

Impacting at every level: How one Lance Corporal’s innovation earned a Cowbell

The searing heat of Djibouti beat down around U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steven Akridge, a Martinsville, Virginia, native and tactical air defense controller with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). He stared at the inoperable air surveillance system, a critical piece of equipment for 2nd MAW’s tactical air defense control unit. Without it, operations could be delayed, and the unit's mission could have been placed in jeopardy.

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MWSS-272 deployed to the Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine distributed aviation operations for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour - U.S Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272 refuel an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 at an expeditionary landing zone near the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island, Bahamas, Mar. 2, 2025. MWSS-272 deployed to the Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine distributed aviation operations for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)

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Demonstrating Excellence in Safety: 2nd MAW Sailor named U.S. Navy Aerospace and Operational Physiology Professional of the Year

Impacting at every level: How one Lance Corporal’s innovation earned a Cowbell

2nd MAW units complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas